Supply Chain Contracts and Finance (MGMT90274)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Not available in 2025
About this subject
Overview
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This subject focuses on supply chain outsourcing decisions and the associated finances. The key topics include the role of sourcing in supply chain, designing supply chain contracts, contract coordination, revenue sharing and risk sharing. It will also cover designing innovative supply chain contracts and financial instruments to improve performance, coordinate costs and product availability.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Understand the role of sourcing in a supply chain management
- Evaluate the outsourcing decisions and its impact on supply chain function
- Understand different supply chain contracts
- Apply models to measure the supplier performance in supply chain
- Understand the impact of risk sharing on supplier performance
Generic skills
After completing this subject, students will be able to:
- Communicate effectively about key ideas and theories
- Identify and critically analyse strategic problems and decisions
- Enhance critical thinking in relation to the effectiveness of solutions
- Decompose and resolve complex problems
Last updated: 28 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 28 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Reflection on online discussion board participation (Requires participation in discussion activities in all four weeks)
| End of the teaching period | 10% |
Multiple choice quizzes (3 x 15-minute quizzes)
| Throughout the teaching period | 30% |
Written assignment (1500-2000 words)
| End of the assessment period | 60% |
Last updated: 28 March 2025
Dates & times
Not available in 2025
Time commitment details
28 hours of case study analysis and 35 hours of online activities, participation in simulations and other related analyses of supply chain challenges
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 28 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
Last updated: 28 March 2025